What is VKontakte.DJ?
VKontakte.DJ is a browser hijacker that comes into your PC bundled with free software without user consent. It hijacks popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. At first glance, VKontakte.DJ may seem useful service for listening to music online for free. In fact, this program can bring a lot of trouble. It changes browser homepage and search engine on yandex.ru, also VKontakte.DJ displays advertising banners, displays false coupons and promotional links. VKontakte.DJ is a potentially unwanted program, it is not a virus, that’s why antiviruses cannot detect it on your PC. VKontakte.DJ may redirect you on third-party sites during your browsing, collect your personal information and pass it on to third parties. This reduces the speed of your browsing and constantly interfere with user. Banners and coupons that appear on the screen, show promotional offers of popular sites that promise big discounts on various products. VKontakte.DJ not do anything useful, so you should remove it right away.
How VKontakte.DJ gets on your PC?
Programs, that are among the potentially unwanted programs come bundled with free software. Typically, such programs penetrate the PC without the user’s consent. Because of this, many users do not realize that a computer is infected with malware and the PC is at great risk. However, it is worth noting that the main reason for such penetrations – carelessness user. People do not read the terms and conditions during the installation of free software. It was there that may contain consent to install PUP. Also, during the installation, ensure that the installer did not offer you a third-party software. To prevent such problems, you should always follow the installation process, read the terms and conditions, do not agree to install additional software, and select Advanced type of installation. If malicious software has already penetrated into your computer, you can use the instructions below.
How to remove VKontakte.DJ from your computer?
To uninstall VKontakte.DJ remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have VKontakte.DJ in their database. You can try to use them for removing VKontakte.DJ.
Recommended Solution:
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as VKontakte.DJ.
You can try both of these products to remove VKontakte.DJ
Or uninstall VKontakte.DJ manually.
Step 1: Remove VKontakte.DJ from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find VKontakte.DJ.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find VKontakte.DJ and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find VKontakte.DJ, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate VKontakte.DJ and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- Click on Uninstall to confirm.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
After that remove VKontakte.DJ from your browser.
Step 2: Remove VKontakte.DJ from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find VKontakte.DJ.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose VKontakte.DJ.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable VKontakte.DJ.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings
Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:- Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
- Choose Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Go to Reset browser settings section.
- Click Reset browser settings.
- In the dialog that appears, click Reset.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.
Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Go to Help.
- Go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox… button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.
Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
- Click Internet options.
- Go to Advanced tab.
- Click Reset button.
- Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
- Click Reset button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Remove following files and folders of VKontakte.DJ:
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Written by Rami Douafi